Ways of Seeing, Designed Pattern, Pattern Paste Canonical: https://patternpaste.com/designed-patterns/wallarchive/ Designed Patterns (https://patternpaste.com/designed-patterns/) Gallery (https://patternpaste.com/designed-patterns/?category=gallery) Needs the plugin # Ways of Seeing An editorial archive masthead above a wide infinite isometric photograph band, with opposing lanes, scroll response and a visible stop control. ## All patterns Search patterns Loading patterns… About this pattern ## Where Ways of Seeing fits Suits the top of an archive or collection page, where a wide moving band of images sets the tone before the listings below. ### Use it for - Photography archive landing page - Museum collection overview - Magazine image library - Exhibition microsite opener What you can edit ## Every word, image and link is a WordPress block Select any of them in the block editor and change it in place. Colours, type and spacing use the blocks’ own controls. The layout stays protected while you edit. Unlock layout, in the section’s settings, lets you insert, move and remove any block. - 6 images all required - 1 heading required - 9 text lines all optional - 1 button required - 6 items Add item or Remove last item; 1 always stays ### Section settings - Appearance: Designed or Use my theme - Animate changes - Unlock layout How it behaves ## It still works when things are switched off A wide angled band of photographs drifts in opposing lanes and responds to page scrolling. A pause button stops it; with reduced motion the photographs form a still grid. Motion off or reduced motion It shows its final state at once; anything a visitor can press or drag still works. JavaScript off All content stays visible and readable; controls the script adds are hidden. Plugin missing or older It pastes as plain WordPress blocks, in reading order, without the designed layout. Questions ## Ways of Seeing: common questions What is Ways of Seeing for? Suits the top of an archive or collection page, where a wide moving band of images sets the tone before the listings below. Typical uses: photography archive landing page, museum collection overview, magazine image library and exhibition microsite opener. Does Ways of Seeing need a plugin? Yes. Designed Patterns come with a subscription, which includes the Pattern Paste plugin that runs them; Ways of Seeing arrived in plugin 0.33.0. Without the plugin, or on an older version, it pastes as plain WordPress blocks: the content reads in order, without the designed layout. What can I edit in Ways of Seeing? As pasted it has 6 images, 1 heading, 9 text lines and 1 button, 9 of them optional and removable. The items are a repeatable set: the item controls add one or remove the last. The layout stays protected while you edit. Unlock layout, in the section’s settings, lets you insert, move and remove any block. Will Ways of Seeing match my theme? Choose Designed to keep its own palette and type, or Use my theme to let it follow your theme’s colours and fonts. Either works in any block theme on WordPress 7.0 or later. Choose Use my theme in the preview above to see it follow a theme before you copy. Can the motion be switched off? Yes. Turn off Animate changes in the section settings, and visitors who ask their device for reduced motion get the same: the section shows its final state at once and anything they can press or drag still works. With JavaScript off, all content stays visible. Back to Designed Patterns (https://patternpaste.com/designed-patterns/?category=gallery) One-time setup ## Install once, then paste Install and activate the Pattern Paste plugin on your WordPress site. Then paste this section into the block editor. Get the plugin (https://patternpaste.com/account/#themes)Installation guide (https://patternpaste.com/docs/install-pattern-paste/) ## Specifications Section Gallery Needs Pattern Paste plugin Since Plugin 0.33.0 Appearance Designed or your theme Motion Optional, off for reduced motion Themes Any block theme WordPress 7.0+ Tested In WordPress, 10 checks (https://patternpaste.com/how-we-test/) Continue exploring ## More in Gallery Explore this category (https://patternpaste.com/designed-patterns/?category=gallery) Gallery Needs the plugin ### Offbeat Project Deck Oversized type, tilted project cards and a tactile selector. A layered portfolio with an acid-yellow authored look, or the colours and type of your own theme. 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